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Jordan
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Jordan River
In Scripture (200 references)
Genesis
Genesis 32:10 I am not worthy of the least of all the loving kindnesses, and of all the truth, which you have show... Genesis 50:10 They came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they lamented with a... Genesis 50:11 When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, ...
Numbers
Numbers 13:29 Amalek dwells in the land of the South. The Hittite, the Jebusite, and the Amorite dwell in the hill... Numbers 22:1 The children of Israel traveled, and encamped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho. Numbers 26:3 Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, Numbers 26:63 These are those who were counted by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who counted the children of Israel... Numbers 31:12 They brought the captives with the prey and the plunder, to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to... Numbers 32:5 They said, “If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a poss... Numbers 32:19 For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritanc... Numbers 32:21 and every one of your armed men will pass over the Jordan before Yahweh until he has driven out his ... Numbers 32:22 and the land is subdued before Yahweh; then afterward you shall return, and be clear of obligation t... Numbers 32:29 Moses said to them, “If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over the J...
and 11 more in Numbers
Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 1:1 These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arab... Deuteronomy 1:5 Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses began to declare this law, saying, Deuteronomy 2:29 as the children of Esau who dwell in Seir, and the Moabites who dwell in Ar, did to me; until I pass... Deuteronomy 3:8 We took the land at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the J... Deuteronomy 3:17 the Arabah also, and the Jordan and its border, from Chinnereth even to the sea of the Arabah, the S... Deuteronomy 3:18 I commanded you at that time, saying, “Yahweh your God has given you this land to possess it. All of... Deuteronomy 3:20 until Yahweh gives rest to your brothers, as to you, and they also possess the land which Yahweh you... Deuteronomy 3:21 I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, “Your eyes have seen all that Yahweh your God has done to t... Deuteronomy 3:25 Please let me go over and see the good land that is beyond the Jordan, that fine mountain, and Leban... Deuteronomy 3:27 Go up to the top of Pisgah, and lift up your eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastwa...
and 23 more in Deuteronomy
Joshua
Joshua 1:2 “Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore arise, go across this Jordan, you and all these people, to ... Joshua 1:11 “Pass through the middle of the camp, and command the people, saying, ‘Prepare food; for within thre... Joshua 1:14 Your wives, your little ones, and your livestock shall live in the land which Moses gave you beyond ... Joshua 1:15 until Yahweh has given your brothers rest, as he has given you, and they have also possessed the lan... Joshua 2:1 Joshua the son of Nun secretly sent two men out of Shittim as spies, saying, “Go, view the land, inc... Joshua 2:7 The men pursued them along the way to the fords of the Jordan River. As soon as those who pursued th... Joshua 2:10 For we have heard how Yahweh dried up the water of the Red Sea before you, when you came out of Egyp... Joshua 2:23 Then the two men returned, descended from the mountain, crossed the river, and came to Joshua the so... Joshua 3:1 Joshua got up early in the morning; and they moved from Shittim and came to the Jordan, he and all t... Joshua 3:8 You shall command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, saying, ‘When you come to the brink ...
and 53 more in Joshua
Judges
Judges 3:26 Ehud escaped while they waited, passed beyond the stone idols, and escaped to Seirah. Judges 3:28 He said to them, “Follow me; for Yahweh has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” The... Judges 5:17 Gilead lived beyond the Jordan. Why did Dan remain in ships? Asher sat still at the haven of the sea... Judges 6:33 Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east assembled themselves togethe... Judges 7:24 Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill country of Ephraim, saying, “Come down against Midian... Judges 7:25 They took the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb. They killed Oreb at Oreb’s rock, and Zeeb they k... Judges 8:4 Gideon came to the Jordan and passed over, he and the three hundred men who were with him, faint, ye... Judges 10:8 They troubled and oppressed the children of Israel that year. For eighteen years they oppressed all ... Judges 10:9 The children of Ammon passed over the Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and ... Judges 11:13 The king of the children of Ammon answered the messengers of Jephthah, “Because Israel took away my ...
and 5 more in Judges
1 Samuel
1 Samuel 10:27 But certain worthless fellows said, “How could this man save us?” They despised him, and brought him... 1 Samuel 13:7 Now some of the Hebrews had gone over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead; but as for Saul, he ... 1 Samuel 31:7 When the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, and those who were beyond the Jorda...
2 Samuel
2 Samuel 2:29 Abner and his men went all that night through the Arabah; and they passed over the Jordan, and went ... 2 Samuel 10:17 David was told that; and he gathered all Israel together, passed over the Jordan, and came to Helam.... 2 Samuel 15:28 Behold, I will stay at the fords of the wilderness, until word comes from you to inform me.” 2 Samuel 16:14 The king, and all the people who were with him, came weary; and he refreshed himself there. 2 Samuel 17:16 Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, ‘Don’t lodge tonight at the fords of the wildern... 2 Samuel 17:21 After they had departed, they came up out of the well, and went and told king David; and they said t... 2 Samuel 17:22 Then David arose, and all the people who were with him, and they passed over the Jordan. By the morn... 2 Samuel 17:24 Then David came to Mahanaim. Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him. 2 Samuel 19:15 So the king returned, and came to the Jordan. Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to bring... 2 Samuel 19:17 There were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of Saul’s house, and his fiftee...
and 7 more in 2 Samuel
1 Kings
1 Kings 2:8 “Behold, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, of Bahurim, who cursed me with a g... 1 Kings 7:46 The king cast them in the plain of the Jordan, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan. 1 Kings 17:3 “Go away from here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan... 1 Kings 17:5 So he went and did according to Yahweh’s word; for he went and lived by the brook Cherith that is be...
2 Kings
2 Kings 2:6 Elijah said to him, “Please wait here, for Yahweh has sent me to the Jordan.” He said, “As Yahweh li... 2 Kings 2:7 Fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood opposite them at a distance; and they both sto... 2 Kings 2:13 He also took up Elijah’s mantle that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of the Jord... 2 Kings 5:10 Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall... 2 Kings 5:14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man ... 2 Kings 6:2 Please let us go to the Jordan, and each man take a beam from there, and let’s make us a place there... 2 Kings 6:4 So he went with them. When they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood. 2 Kings 7:15 They went after them to the Jordan; and behold, all the path was full of garments and equipment whic... 2 Kings 10:33 from the Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassite...
1 Chronicles
1 Chronicles 6:62 To the sons of Gershom, according to their families, out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tr... 1 Chronicles 6:78 and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, were given them, out of the tribe ... 1 Chronicles 12:15 These are those who went over the Jordan in the first month, when it had overflowed all its banks; a... 1 Chronicles 12:31 Of the half-tribe of Manasseh: eighteen thousand, who were mentioned by name, to come and make David... 1 Chronicles 12:37 On the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites, the Gadites, and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, ... 1 Chronicles 19:17 David was told that; so he gathered all Israel together, passed over the Jordan, came to them, and s... 1 Chronicles 26:30 Of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brothers, men of valor, one thousand seven hundred, had the ove... 1 Chronicles 26:32 His brothers, men of valor, were two thousand seven hundred, heads of fathers’ households, whom king...
2 Chronicles
Psalms
Jeremiah
Jeremiah 12:5 “If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? ... Jeremiah 49:19 “Behold, he will come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for... Jeremiah 50:44 Behold, the enemy will come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitatio...
Matthew
Matthew 3:5 Then people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him. Matthew 3:6 They were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins. Matthew 3:13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. Matthew 4:15 “The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, toward the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gen... Matthew 4:25 Great multitudes from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and from beyond the Jordan followed him. Matthew 19:1 When Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judea be...
Mark
Mark 1:5 All the country of Judea and all those of Jerusalem went out to him. They were baptized by him in th... Mark 1:9 In those days, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan. Mark 3:8 from Jerusalem, from Idumaea, beyond the Jordan, and those from around Tyre and Sidon. A great multi... Mark 10:1 He arose from there and came into the borders of Judea and beyond the Jordan. Multitudes came togeth...
Luke
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